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Sudha Murty
Born
Sudha Kulkarni

(1950-08-19) 19 August 1950 (age 74)
Shiggaon, Mysore State (present day Karnataka), India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
OccupationChairperson of Infosys Foundation
Notable work
SpouseN. R. Narayana Murthy
ChildrenRohan Murthy and Akshata Murthy
RelativesRishi Sunak (son-in-law) Lakshmi Venu (daughter-in-law)
AwardsPadma Shri
Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award

Sudha Murty (née Kulkarni; born 19 August 1950) is an Indian businesswoman, educator, author and philanthropist who is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. She is married to the co-founder of Infosys, N. R. Narayana Murthy. Murty was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, for social work by the Government of India in 2006.

Sudha Murty began her professional career in computer science and engineering. She is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and a member of the public health care initiatives of the Gates Foundation.[1][2] She has founded several orphanages, participated in rural development efforts, supported the movement to provide all Karnataka government schools with computer and library facilities, and established Murty Classical Library of India at Harvard University.[3][4][5][6][7]

Murty is best known for her social work and her contribution to literature in Kannada and English. Dollar Bahu (English: Dollar Daughter-in-Law), a novel originally authored by her in Kannada and later translated into English as Dollar Bahu, was adapted as a televised dramatic series by Zee TV in 2001.[8] Sudha Murthy has also acted in the Marathi film Pitruroon and the Kannada film Prarthana.[9][10]

Early life and education

Sudha Murty was born into a Kannada Deshastha Madhva Brahmin family[11][12] on 19 August 1950 in Shiggaon, Haveri in Karnataka, India, the daughter of surgeon R. H. Kulkarni and his wife Vimala Kulkarni. She was raised by her parents and maternal grandparents. These childhood experiences form the historical basis for her first notable work entitled How I Taught My Grandmother to Read, Wise and Otherwise and Other Stories.[13] Murty completed a B.Eng. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the B.V.B. College of Engineering & Technology (now known as KLE Technological University), standing first in her class and receiving a gold medal from then Chief Minister of Karnataka. Murty completed M.Eng. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science[14][15] and received a gold medal from the Indian Institute of Engineers.[16]

Career

Sudha Murty became the first female engineer hired at India's largest auto manufacturer TATA Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO). She joined the company as a Development Engineer in Pune and then worked in Mumbai & Jamshedpur as well. She had written a postcard to the company's Chairman complaining of the "men only" gender bias at TELCO. As a result, she was granted a special interview and hired immediately.[17][15] She later joined Walchand Group of Industries at Pune as Senior Systems Analyst.

In 1996, she started Infosys Foundation and to date has been the Trustee of Infosys Foundation and a Visiting Professor at the PG Center of Bangalore University. She also taught at Christ University.[18]

Sudha Murty has written and published many books which include novels, non-fiction, travelogues, technical books, and memoirs. Her books have been translated into all major Indian languages. She is also a columnist for English and Kannada newspapers.[19]

Philanthropy

Sudha Murty at the Infosys Foundation

Murty's Infosys Foundation is a public charitable trust founded in 1996 and Murthy is one of the trustees. Through Foundation she has built 2,300 houses in the flood-affected areas. Murty's social work covers the healthcare, education, empowerment of women, public hygiene, art and culture, and poverty alleviation at the grassroots level.[20] Her vision of a library for each school has resulted in the setting up of 70,000 libraries so far. She is helping out rural areas by building 16,000 public toilets and several hundred toilets in the city of Bengaluru.[19] The foundation has conducted relief work during national natural disasters like the tsunami in Tamil Nadu and Andaman, earthquake in Kutch – Gujarat, hurricane and floods in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and drought in Karnataka and Maharashtra.[21]Two institutions of higher learning, the H.R. Kadim Diwan Building housing the Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) department at IIT Kanpur[22][23] and the Narayan Rao Melgiri Memorial National Law Library at NLSIU,[24] were both endowed and inaugurated by the Infosys Foundation.

Personal life

Sudha Murty married N. R. Narayana Murthy while employed as an engineer at TELCO in Pune.[25] The couple have two children, Akshata and Rohan. Her daughter Akshata married Rishi Sunak, her classmate from Stanford. In 2020, Sunak became Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.[26][27]Murty describes herself as "a movie buff".[28]

Awards

The President, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Padma Shri Award to Dr. Sudha Murthy

Bibliography

Books

Kannada
  • Dollar Sose
  • Runa
  • Kaveri inda Mekaangige
  • Hakkiya Teradalli
  • Athirikthe
  • Guttondu Heluve
  • Mahashweta
  • Tumla
  • Nooniya Sahasagalu
  • Samanyralli Asamanyaru
  • Computer lokadalli
  • Paridhi
  • Yashasvi
  • Guttondu Heluve
  • Astitva
  • Yerilitada Daariyalli
  • Sukhesini Mattu Itara Makkala Kathegalu
English
  • The Mother I Never Knew
  • Three Thousand Stitches
  • The Man from the Egg
  • Here, There, Everywhere
  • The Magic of the Lost Temple
  • The Bird with Golden Wings
  • How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories
  • The Old Man And His God
  • Dollar Bahu
  • Wise and Otherwise
  • Mahashweta
  • The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk
  • The Serpent's Revenge
  • Gently Falls The Bakula
  • House of Cards
  • Something Happened on the Way To Heavens
  • The Magic Drum and Other Favorite Stories
  • The Bird with the Golden Wings
  • How The Sea Became Salty
  • How The Onion got its layers
  • The Upside Down King
  • The Daughter From A Wishing Tree
  • Grandma's Bag of Stories
  • Grandparents Bag of Stories
  • The Sage With Two Horns

See also

References

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  2. ^ Gates Foundation's AIDS initiative launched. The Hindu (6 December 2003). Retrieved on 8 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Murty family gift establishes Murty Classical Library of India series". Harvard Gazette. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Murthy, wife gift Harvard $5.2 mn to publish Indian classics - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  5. ^ Sudha Murthy: Humility personified. Business-standard.com (23 January 2011). Retrieved on 8 December 2011.
  6. ^ Vinita Chaturvedi (18 October 2011) I'm enjoying my acting stint: Sudha Murthy. Times of India.
  7. ^ Home | The Murthy Classical Library of India. Murtylibrary.com. Retrieved on 31 August 2013.
  8. ^ Arshiya Kapadia (30 September 2001) The million-dollar name behind Dollar Bahu. Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved on 8 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Sudha Murty makes cameo appearance in Kannada movie". The Economic Times. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Acting in films isn't easy, says Sudha Murthy after playing cameo in Kannada film". The News Minute. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  11. ^ Murty, Sudha. ""A woman's place is in the kitchen": My experience as the only girl in engineering school in 1968". Quartz. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Passion, Pages, Philanthropy". Hindustan Times. 19 August 2021.
  13. ^ About Mrs. Narayan Murthy. Nipun.charityfocus.org (10 February 1978). Retrieved on 8 December 2011.
  14. ^ "Nobody believed I was an IISc graduate: Sudha Murty". Deccan Chronicle. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  15. ^ a b "One woman, many roles". The Hindu. 3 July 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  16. ^ Sudha Murty | The Woman Behind | Narayan Murthy Wife Archived 15 July 2012 at archive.today. Living.Oneindia. in (17 August 2011). Retrieved on 8 December 2011.
  17. ^ Rana, S Gautam (24 October 2022). "Sudha Murthy still fond of Tatas | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  18. ^ "Presenting Harmony's silvers – sparkling lives, success stories, accounts of endurance, courage, grit, and passion". harmonyindia.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  19. ^ a b "On sanitation and heritage restoration: Sudha Murty, Infosys Foundation". The Economic Times. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  20. ^ "Infosys Foundation to build houses in flood-hit Kodagu district". Business Standard India. 10 October 2018.
  21. ^ "Infosys Foundation to build houses in flood-hit Kodagu district". Business Standard India. 10 October 2018.
  22. ^ New CSE Building, IIT Kanpur Archived 2 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Iitk.ac.in. Retrieved on 8 December 2011.
  23. ^ Infosys chief Narayan Murthy rejects govt offer . Times of India (4 January 2002). Retrieved on 8 December 2011.
  24. ^ Karnataka / Bangalore News : Director thanks Dharam Singh. The Hindu (29 August 2005). Retrieved on 8 December 2011.
  25. ^ JRD's words inspired me in philanthropy: Sudha Murthy Archived 22 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. tata.com (23 October 2002). Retrieved on 8 December 2011.
  26. ^ Raggi Mudde (1 October 2007) The Philanthropist and Infoscion – Sudha Murty. Karnataka.com. Retrieved on 31 May 2013.
  27. ^ "Explained: Who is Rishi Sunak, UK's newly appointed finance minister?". The Indian Express. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  28. ^ Farhana Farook (6 January 2014) "I watched 365 films in one year" – Sudha Murthy. filmfare.com.Retrieved on 30May2014.
  29. ^ "Rajyotsava Awards". www.karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  30. ^ "The Hindu : National : Raja-Lakshmi Award for Sudha Murty". web.archive.org. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 8 March 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
  31. ^ "India's Finest". rediff.com.
  32. ^ "Padma Awards Dashboard". padmaawards.gov.in.
  33. ^ "Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Awards". Department of Kannada and Culture Official website of Government of Karnataka. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  34. ^ Santosh Hegde, Sudha Murthy to be conferred honorary doctorate. Deccanherald.com. 1 March 2010.
  35. ^ Narayana Murthy, Sudha Receive Basava Shree Award. newindianexpress.com. 3 February 2014.
  36. ^ "Sudha Murthy, Ruskin Bond, Snigdha Poonam among winners of this year's Crossword Book Awards". Scroll.in. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  37. ^ IANS (21 December 2018). "Tharoor, Sudha Murthy, Bond, Soha Ali Khan conferred Crossword Book Awards". Business Standard India. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  38. ^ "IIT Kanpur honours India's national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand with honorary doctorate degree". India Today. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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